e-Sports, Sports and Physical Activity

Öz

Rapid growth in the field of technology is affecting the sports field as well as every area, causing new developments. Playing and watching competitive video and computer games both led to the outbreak of the concept of electronic sports (e-Sport). e-Sport has both physical and mental characteristics. At the same time, it is one of the most important characteristics of being played in virtual or computer environment, not requiring serious financial resources according to modern sports in terms of facility or equipment, is possible to perform this sport everywhere in the world, can be performed individually or with a team and requires particular tools to perform. At least 400 million people are e-Sport audience, more than 100 million people are e-Sport players in the world and at least 7 million people in our country are players and spectators in e-Sport. e-Sport has just started to develop in Turkey. In the literature, there are some considerations which argues that e-Sport is a sport or not a sport. In this context, the aim of this study is to introduce the definition of e-Sport, its development process, its place in the world and in our country and similar and different aspects of modern sports that not played in electronic environments and its relationship with physical activity. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• e-Sport,video games,sport,physical activity

e-Spor, Spor ve Fiziksel Aktivite

Öz

Teknoloji alanında yaşanan hızlı gelişmeler her alanda olduğu gibi spor alanını da etkileyerek yeni gelişmelerin ortaya çıkmasına neden olmuştur. Rekabete dayalı video ve bilgisayar oyunlarının hem oynanması hem de izlenmesinin elektronik spor (e-Spor) kavramının doğmasına neden olmuştur. e-Spor, hem fiziksel hem de zihinsel bir takım özellikleri içerisinde barındırmaktadır. Bununla birlikte, sanal veya bilgisayar ortamında oynanması, tesis veya ekipman bakımından modern sporlara göre ciddi finansal kaynak gerektirmemesi, dünyanın her yerinde bu sporu icra edebilme olanağı, bireysel ve takım halinde oynanması ve doğasına özgü araç gereci gerektirmesi en önemli özelliklerindendir. Dünya’da en az 400 milyon kişi e-Spor seyircisi, 100 milyondan fazla kişi e-Spor oyuncusu ve ülkemizde en az 7 milyon kişi e-Spor oyuncusu ve izleyici olarak yer almaktadır. -Spor Türkiye’de yeni gelişmekte olan bir spor dalıdır. Literatürde e-Spor’un bir spor olduğunu savunan görüşlerle birlikte spor olmadığını savunan görüşler de mevcuttur. Bu bağlamda, bu çalışmanın amacı e-Spor’un tanımından, gelişim sürecinden, dünyada ve ülkemizdeki yerinden bahsetmek ve elektronik ortamda oynanmayan modern sporlarla benzer ve farklı yönlerini ve fiziksel aktivite ile ilişkisini ortaya koymaktır. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• e-Spor,video oyunları,spor,fiziksel aktivite

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